El Pais, a top Spanish newspaper, apologized on Thursday for publishing a "false photo" of Venezuela's cancer-stricken leader Hugo Chavez on its front page. "El Pais apologizes to its readers for the damage caused. The newspaper has opened an investigation to determine the circumstances of what happened and the errors that were committed in the verification of the photo," the paper said. After posting the dramatic photograph, El Pais said it had discovered from social media within minutes that its was not of Chavez. The image was then removed from its website.
Chavez, 58, is currently lying in a Cuban hospital after undergoing his fourth cancer operation in just 18 months. In a Twitter comment, Venezuelan Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said that the photo was actually taken from a video of an operation posted on YouTube. Follow me on Tumblr for more updates on Chavez's health.
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